Recent Articles
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AI on the rise in healthcare
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe global artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare market was valued at $714.4 million in 2016, but this train is cruising at a speed faster than nearly every other technology and is projected to grow at a rate of more than 35 percent through 2025.
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What can woodpeckers teach us about brain injuries?
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessIn recent years, there have been numerous studies into the long-term harm that repetitive blows to the head have in athletes of all kinds. Markers in the form of tau staining that show neurofibrillary tangle deposits in the brain are considered signs of the injury-induced pathology associated with sports.
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Law enforcement supports variety of gun control reform efforts
Michelle R. Matisons Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIn response to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump has announced his support for a series of gun control efforts, including a ban on bump stocks, raising the legal age of owning a gun to 21 and an expanded background check system. This announcement accompanies calls by the law enforcement community to reduce gun violence, and there are many ideas on the table as we move forward.
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Trendjacking: The good, the bad and the ugly
Ronnie Richard MarketingYou may not be familiar with the term "trendjacking," but if you've spent any amount of time on social media, you've definitely seen it in action. Trendjacking happens when brands and organizations notice something that is gaining a lot of attention online and then interject themselves into it.
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What’s in the box? Trump’s SNAP proposal surprises food industry
R.V. Scheide Food & BeverageIn the year that President Donald Trump has been in office, Americans have become somewhat accustomed to his unorthodox approach to managing the country's affairs from the Oval Office.
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Researchers: ‘Immediate action’ needed to hit global temperature…
Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & EnvironmentalThe Universities of Southampton and Liverpool, and the Australian National University in Canberra are offering new research that suggests that if "immediate action" is not taken, Earth's global average temperature could rise 1.5 degrees C above the period before the Industrial Revolution within the next 17 to 18 years, and 2 degrees C in 35 to 41 years if the carbon emission rate remains at its present-day value.
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New school security measures include bulletproof backpacks
Michelle R. Matisons EducationIn the wake of the Valentine's Day massacre that killed 17 students and staff at Parkland, Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, some say the public is growing numb to school shootings. But some parents are taking bold steps to ensure the safety of their children, including the purchase of bulletproof backpacks.
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Efficiency of buildings increase, with a focus on facility managers
Scott E. Rupp Facilities & GroundsIn 2010, the U.S. building sector generated 45 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions in the country — that's right, nearly half of all carbon emissions came from the places Americans live, shop and work in every day. Much of this is because of the fact that residential and commercial buildings use 75 percent of all electricity produced in the U.S., for lighting, pumping, heating and cooling.
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Notable poaching cases this hunting season
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureWhile the vast majority of hunters obey the law, there are always a handful of people that do the wrong thing. Here are a few of the more notable cases of poachers getting busted that hit the news during the 2017-2018 hunting season.
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Effectively using news in ESL classrooms
Sheilamary Koch EducationThe number of sites featuring news in levels and news for kids attest to its growing popularity as a learning tool — especially in the ESL classroom. Current world affairs make for compelling conversation starters, and news reports provide authentic examples of how the English language is used in broadcasting this information. For the language learner, the ability to comprehend the facts in a real news story — whether written or spoken — is a big step in employing their second language in everyday life.